Take minor problems in your stride and be brave enough to change your life - that's the advice from a woman who was struck down with cancer at just 27 years old.

Holly Butcher lives in Australia, but her life advice has gone viral around the world, and we could probably all learn a thing or two from her.

The young woman, who lost her battle with the rare cancer Ewing's sarcoma on January 4, asked her family to post her final thoughts about living a full life on Facebook, according to the Cambridge News.

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Holly realised what truly mattered to her when she discovered how little time she had left.

She added: "I swear you will not be thinking of those things when it is your turn to go. It is all SO insignificant when you look at life as a whole. I’m watching my body waste away right before my eyes with nothing I can do about it and all I wish for now is that I could have just one more birthday or Christmas with my family, or just one more day with my partner and dog. Just one more.

"I hear people complaining about how terrible work is or about how hard it is to exercise - be grateful you are physically able to. Work and exercise may seem like such trivial things ... until your body doesn’t allow you to do either of them.

"I tried to live a healthy life, in fact, that was probably my major passion. Appreciate your good health and functioning body - even if it isn’t your ideal size. Look after it and embrace how amazing it is. Move it and nourish it with fresh food. Don’t obsess over it."

She also advised generosity and using money to make others happy, rather than yourself.

She wrote: "Also, remember if something is making you miserable, you do have the power to change it - in work or love or whatever it may be. Have the guts to change.

"You don’t know how much time you’ve got on this Earth so don’t waste it being miserable. I know that is said all the time but it couldn’t be more true."

One of the most important messages comes at the end of Holly's reflection - the power of donating blood.

She wrote: "Blood donation (more bags than I could keep up with counting) helped keep me alive for an extra year - a year I will be forever grateful that I got to spend it here on Earth with my family, friends and dog. A year I had some of the greatest times of my life."